.jpg) Panenka in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Antonín Panenka | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1948-12-02)2 December 1948 (age 76) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Prague, Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Bohemians Prague (chairman) | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1958–1967 | Bohemians Prague | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1967–1981 | Bohemians Prague | 230 | (76) | ||||||||||||||
| 1981–1985 | Rapid Wien | 127 | (63) | ||||||||||||||
| 1985–1987 | VSE St. Pölten | 50 | (31) | ||||||||||||||
| 1987–1989 | SK Slovan Wien | 54 | (25) | ||||||||||||||
| 1989–1991 | ASV Hohenau | 8 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 1991–1993 | Kleinwiesendorf | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 469 | (201) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1982[1] | Czechoslovakia | 59 | (17) | ||||||||||||||
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Antonín Panenka (born 2 December 1948) is a Czech former professionalfootballer who played as anattacking midfielder. He spent most of his career at Czechoslovak clubBohemians Prague before having spells with various Austrian clubs includingRapid Wien. Panenka wonUEFA Euro 1976 withCzechoslovakia and gained recognition for his winningpenalty kick in theshoot-out of thefinal againstWest Germany where he scored with a softly-chipped ball up the middle of the goal as the goalkeeper dived away. This style of penalty is now known as apanenka.[2] In 1980, he won Czechoslovak Footballer of the Year and his team finished third atEuro 1980.
An attackingmidfielder known for the quality of his passing and hisfree kicks, Panenka played forBohemians Prague for most of his career, joining the club in 1967.[3] He was namedCzechoslovak Footballer of the Year in 1980.[3] In 1981, Panenka left Bohemians for Austrian clubRapid Wien,[3] where he won twoBundesliga titles and anAustrian Cup. In 1985, Rapid reached theUEFA Cup Winners' Cup final; Panenka played as a substitute, but his side lost 3–1 toEverton. Later that year, Panenka moved toVSE St. Pölten and played two more seasons before moving into the lower leagues in Austria, playing from 1987 to 1989 for Slovan Vienna, from 1989 to 1991 for ASV Hohenau and from 1991 to 1993 for Kleinwiesendorf.
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Panenka came to international prominence playing forCzechoslovakia atUEFA Euro 1976, where his country reached the final, facingWest Germany. Afterextra time, the match finished 2–2, and so the firstpenalty shoot-out in aEuropean Championship final ensued. The first seven kicks were converted until West Germany's fourth penalty taker,Uli Hoeneß, ballooned his shot over the bar. With the score 4–3, Panenka stepped up to take the fifth Czechoslovak penalty, to win the match under immense pressure. He feigned shooting to the side of the goal, causing GermangoalkeeperSepp Maier to dive to his left, and then gently chipped the ball into the middle of the net.[4] The sheer cheek of the goal led a watching French journalist to dub Panenka "a poet"; his winning kick is one of the most famous ever, making Panenka's name synonymous with that particular style of penalty kick.[2]
Since 1976 there have been numerous attempts to emulate Panenka, both successfully and others unsuccessfully, at every level of the sporting pyramid across the world, including in critical match winning moments such as international cup finals.[2]
Following his career, Panenka worked as a president at former club Bohemians 1905. On 7 October 2020, the club confirmed that Panenka had been admitted to hospital and was in intensive care after testing positive for the novel coronavirus.[5] By mid-October, Panenka's condition had improved and he was discharged to continue his recovery at home.[6]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Czechoslovakia | 1973 | 2 | 0 |
| 1974 | 6 | 1 | |
| 1975 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1976 | 8 | 4 | |
| 1977 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1978 | 6 | 1 | |
| 1979 | 9 | 3 | |
| 1980 | 14 | 1 | |
| 1981 | 5 | 1 | |
| 1982 | 3 | 2 | |
| Total | 59 | 17 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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| 1 | 27 April 1974 | Stadion Letná,Prague, Czechoslovakia |  France | 3–3 | 3–3 | Friendly | [7] |
| 2 | 20 April 1975 | Stadion Letná, Prague, Czechoslovakia |  Cyprus | 1–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Euro 1976 qualification | [8] |
| 3 | 2–0 | ||||||
| 4 | 3–0 | ||||||
| 5 | 24 April 1976 | Tehelné pole,Bratislava, Czechoslovakia |  Soviet Union | 2–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 1976 | [9] |
| 6 | 22 September 1976 | Stadionul August 23,Bucharest, |  Romania | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly | [10] |
| 7 | 6 October 1976 | Stadion Letná, Prague, Czechoslovakia | Romania | 1–1 | 3–2 | Friendly | [11] |
| 8 | 13 October 1976 | Stadion Letná, Prague, Czechoslovakia |  Scotland | 1–0 | 2-0 | 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification | [12] |
| 9 | 23 March 1977 | Stadion Letná, Prague, Czechoslovakia |  Greece | 1–0 | 4–0 | Friendly | [13] |
| 10 | 8 November 1978 | Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia |  Italy | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly | [14] |
| 11 | 4 April 1979 | Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia | France | 1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 1980 qualification | [15] |
| 12 | 12 September 1979 | Sóstói Stadion,Székesfehérvár, Hungary |  Hungary | 1–2 | 1–2 | Friendly | [16] |
| 13 | 24 November 1979 | Great Strahov Stadium, Prague, Czechoslovakia |  Luxembourg | 1–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Euro 1980 qualification | [17] |
| 14 | 14 June 1980 | Stadio Olimpico,Rome, Italy | Greece | 1–0 | 3–1 | UEFA Euro 1980 | [18] |
| 15 | 27 May 1981 | Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia |  Iceland | 2–0 | 6–1 | 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification | [19] |
| 16 | 17 June 1982 | Estadio José Zorrilla,Valladolid, Spain |  Kuwait | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1982 FIFA World Cup | [20] |
| 17 | 24 June 1982 | Estadio José Zorrilla, Valladolid, Spain | France | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1982 FIFA World Cup | [21] |
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